MRCS Part A — Paper 1 & Paper 2 Question Bank

Original, evidence-based Single Best Answer questions covering both MRCS Part A written papers, mapped to the current Royal College of Surgeons intercollegiate curriculum.

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What's in the bank

The MRCS question bank is built specifically to prepare candidates for both Part A papers — Paper 1 (Applied Basic Sciences) and Paper 2 (Principles of Surgery in General). Every question is original, written to the current intercollegiate MRCS syllabus, and includes an evidence-cited explanation referencing NICE guidance, the BNF, or standard surgical anatomy, physiology and pathology texts.

Paper 1 spans applied surgical anatomy across all major regions (abdomen & pelvis, thorax & cardiovascular system, upper & lower limb, and head, neck, spine & neuroanatomy), systems physiology, general pathology & oncology, microbiology & infection, and pharmacology & perioperative medicine. Paper 2 covers perioperative care and patient assessment, critical care/trauma & resuscitation, postoperative care & surgical complications, surgical technique/technology & patient safety, surgical oncology & principles of management, professionalism/communication/ethics & law, and research/audit/ statistics & evidence-based practice — tested with the same Single Best Answer format you'll actually face on the day.

1,200SBA items

2written papers covered

1free question every day

The two papers

Every MRCS plan includes both papers — jump into whichever one you're revising for.

Paper 1